“An electronic device may contain a camera, a camera flash, and a display in a housing,” the patent reads. “The camera flash or the display may provide illumination while capturing images with camera. The camera flash may be formed from light guiding structures that receive camera flash light from a light source. The camera flash may be located under a speaker port mesh. A speaker port may contain a camera and a camera flash.”

Taking selfies in the dark would finally be a reality.

The patent also notes that the flash could be used as a status indicator for message notifications or “other states changes,” much like the indicator on Android phones.

As with any patent, none of these features are guaranteed to make it into the next, or any, device, but improving on the FaceTime camera wouldn’t be a stretch for Apple.